Softball Ranked 18th In NFCA Weekly Poll; Pioneers Ranked Second In East Region
STARKVILLE, Miss. (May, 5, 2010) – The C.W. Post softball team is ranked No. 18 in this week's NFCA coaches poll. The Pioneers are also ranked second in the NCAA East Region poll.
North Georgia leads the top 25 teams in Division II with an overall record of 45-0. New Haven is the highest ranked C.W. Post opponent at No. 10. The Pioneers are the only ranked team in the East Coast Conference. Dowling and Indiana (Pa.) received votes this week.
C.W. Post (40-12) will take on New York Institute of Technology as the No. 1 seed in the upcoming ECC Championships which begin Thursday, May 6 at 3:30 p.m. at Dowling's Brookhaven Campus.
NFCA Coaches Poll (May 5, 2010)
RANK TEAM Record TOTALS Last Poll
1 North Georgia 45-0 400 1
2 Valdosta St. 42-6 374 2
3 Midwestern St. 48-6 356 3
4 Hawaii Pacific 41-6 335 4
4 Metro St. 40-3 335 5
6 Bloomsburg 44-5 311 6
7 Wayne St. (MI) 47-10 295 8
8 Lenoir-Rhyne 50-7 273 7
9 Rollins 44-4 271 10
10 New Haven 38-4 238 11
11 West Texas A&M 42-14 223 15
12 Augustana (SD) 41-10 210 12
13 Grand Canyon 42-11 194 14
14 Alabama-Huntsville 39-10 170 13
15 California (PA) 34-12 146 16
16 Nebraska-Omaha 45-9 136 23
17 Emporia State 42-11 119 9
18 C.W. Post 40-12 117 17
19 Sonoma St. 42-16 106 19
20 Kutztown 41-16 100 21
21 Indianapolis 34-13 99 RV
22 Arkansas-Monticello 50-10 92 18
23 Carson-Newman 36-10 65 22
24 Minnesota St. Mankato 33-11 64 24
25 Ashland 33-11 39 RV